A Collection of Our History and Heritage
30 Church Street, Gouverneur, NY 13642
The Gouverneur Museum
< Gouverneur Stories — Gouverneur Fire Chiefs by Charles Halpin
Please contact Charles Halpin, 315-287-1197 if you have additional information to be added to this history, or if you notice any corrections that should be made.
Gouverneur's First Fire Truck
NAME | COMPANY | YEARS SERVED |
|---|---|---|
George Clifford | Hose Co. 2 | 1909 1910* |
Robert Rutherford | Hose Co. 1 | 1910 1911 |
James Frawley | RH&L Co. | 1911 1912 |
Truman Wells | Hose Co. 2 | 1912 1913 |
William Hayden | Hose Co. 1 | 1913 1914 |
Wheeler Smith | RH&L Co. | 1914 1917 |
Dallas Hazelton | Hose Co. 2 | 1917 1920 |
Warner Miller | Hose Co. 1 | 1920 1922 |
Mason Hopper | RH&L Co. | 1922 1923 |
George Cottrell | Hose Co. 2 | 1923 1925 |
- | - | 1924 Municipal Building purchased and Department locates in basement |
Robert Boulet | Hose Co. 1 | 1925 1927 |
The above men have spent many hours and worked their way through the Department ranks to become Chief of the Department but there are many others who have spent countless hours in all kinds of weather day and night to serve and protect the lives and property of the people of the Gouverneur area with the only reward being consciousness of work well done.
Without these people the Gouverneur Fire Department could not have remained and grew stronger as one of the oldest and continuous organizations in our community.
Sources:
Gouverneur Fire Department; Meeting minutes, records and annual reports.
Gouverneur 1805 - Sesqui-Centennial History - 1955, article by Gordon Butler.
Nelson Winters, past Village of Gouverneur historian from his research, notes and articles.
The Gouverneur Tribune-Press; articles and "Looking back at yesterday .... " history items by Sandy Wyman.
Last revised January 2012
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